PAGE oIX
HEAD OF GENERAL LEF.
READY FOR UN VEILING
Stone Mountain Ga. Jan. 1>?Pro-j
tected from the weaihet by a can-,
vas enclosure, the head of General
Lee, carvc-d high upon the norpiii-l
dieuiai side of Stone Mount in by
the scuiaturimt hand of Gut Bor5lum,
awaited tonight the coming
of hard- that wilt unveil ; 'o the
. lew oi* the multitubes, v. ho will
leather its base {'.. th: : t-.opose
^ and to the ;.-en wh
it at years to come This irr'-ia! fig
rMm tire oi v.aai lias >? a\: < -i a>
the Southland's shrine c\ r i
is nov. ready for the cere ' v that
wil come on the \l7th :>^r\
of the birth -?f tbv great " eijfeder-!
ate chief* uiy Beuealh it :? t?. , d the
markings ifi Ku fail szuun\ astride
hi? evvr : i!t ht :' K?r>c. Trav* To j
thi- 1? it : be.-e i > .spread into the;
figur s v-3' .Jaek^o:-. :,: >? fonri
othc? yet t ? ?'d, ail i
in .saddle ar*\ behind were V: s frem
which, later there will he carved ?he
egioEs of ?vi! chit .. mei t h s rifU <
arid fcnapsacK> a^houidcr. " ; fighting
face? griorL Sculpti; these* fig:lire.
swM shark tin.' comihcf ;,-n of the
out -hat >t'T mun\ viars to i
come.
Foriighr, xb lowering mass ?.f|
granite. throwing ?tj> bulky |
against lb' sky, cast a sped over the'
countryside. Motoring parties -at of'
Atlanta, negotiated its ascent '-a tJtiej
graced side. On the other side a per- i
pindicuiar sweep of " ??-k, the relief'
of the grout ui.hlnry eadv rested;
about midway of its ->00 feet of
height. Two flags of the '."up A ieiacv
Covered it r< vrrent.\ a tit} <ka.orally
gave the hieftain's kimiiy i - a
gentle 1 ;ir.\v. as the whispering winds
v.i * htfR) " f ' *' V
\Vothers- who haw liiuneti many:
^xtra hsni> < V,- t.he ?>a?! sowrai weeksr
-.tood guard bit the hoc?? affotdMg
that was er.-cted f.>- * hoion the
precipitous heights. A e i t ti light
that. p?aye<J f?vn n i:-1. ? sha; r, a*. th= |
front of the mour.i;i.thirw the.
whole of the centra; o h:.;pnt
view the :
By REV. H. H ^MIIH
"Duty is the subline-'. aovo inout
i.triirua^v."
"T!:e?? is ;t trU? story .v : a
honor, 'he srloiy <?f - J11 * doia . ar-ai I
the ho: tr o> .v*i<gritv .if principle" j
Those noble uttomn^es. . Robert!
K. bet. wei'tt u?i tef'iili h.n -niply!
tine phraser* w l>?1 by pV#u--i
lical ir-u'(K's tb i>?? ;v.v.r/.<d ir. life.;
And how sublimely were they reaiiz-1
ed in his whole oai'M ! ! Win 2. wai in !
c$tnii inevitable ho faced a ureal ?trug
g)n??that of iwaliiiir the mblttrrt
tjuer-rion as no Via side ho si i
chc& ?n hjio at o uitl t. Ti.a duty
as : -1\> : ami that -i ut
determined his ehbiee; .<> olio who
has trend the record an doubt r..t
do'ph Mi K m, -tm hi- soldiers a s
author of that mo.n excellent volume.
"The Soul t 1 ?-,* a> - in .
a* r11 . BfcvUl '
' 7 W33 0* ? -.-v'"- - 1
"Xooo;- ij. a j i y >:' hi- e?oat !.:?*
tim- t'hajif-itov -v-i'.e. iSharivburir,
Getsytl.? Po'i'
burg. A.t- his gr > ..: - > skak n
as that night ii? hi- chamber n?" A;
lington .'-hen this moir.erious deci-i
v. as -(mhiii i.. the ba iuu'c- Ever
uc.u after the lap.--.' ?>f fifty-six yoni>
lit* generous heart c?U contemplate
with ont emotion and admiration "!u*
midnight wrestling ol a br&vi a; 1
unselfish man One- question alone i
presented itself -> his great soul: j
"What is niy duty?' He put aside,
arojvtioi.. pej|?r.a'i rclination?ivery
selfish inter -t. Nothing weighed
in the halan . ar thai supreme moment
hut the pnrest highest, most unselfish
mot iv< s
In a letter to his sister whose husband
ard son espoused the tin ion
cause, Let wrote: "With ail my devotion
to th<* Union, and the feeling
of loyalty and duty of an American'
citizen, I have not heed aMo to make 1
up my mind to raise my hand again si
my relatives my children at homo.
I have therefore resigned my commission
in the army, and save in defense
of my native tate. with liesincere
hope thai my poor services
may never be needed. hope 1 rn y
never he called upon to draw* my
-wuru, ^ kjh?w vuu v.ij* n;<tEoe inc;
but you must think a. kindly of tac
as you can and believe thai I have
endeavored to do what I though! was
right."
"The All-Compelling Sense of Duly"
Long in his "Memoirs of Lee."
?ay?: "In the interviews between
!V General Scotland, Colonel Lee it is
stated that the veteran commander'
earnestly sought to persuade the
younger officer not to throw up his
v . commission, telling him it would be j
the greatest mistake of his life. But j
ail the pleading.- Col. Lee returned ;
: hut onn answer in the following |
words: "I am compelled to, I cannot j
t consult my own feelings in this mattor.
With reference to the same matter
Thonas Nelson Page adds: "All Vfe
know is that, sacrificing place and
honors and emoluments, leaving his
home to the sack of the enemy already
preparing to seize it, he deci14).
fe ,. ? _
led in the of God. under the
.U(-compeililQp seiisS^f duty, and this
is enough for us tv? know. What did
::? pelbviay- clamoring for var
kno.v >t" the motives that inspired
his high son!?"
To an old friend he wrote just
after the Avar 'i most give \ inks
for doilig me the justice to heueve
my conduct during" the last five years
has been governed by my sense ?>f
I fc.a.l ?i? . ? 1. .... V..I
I a?-v <<ther object than the gfcfense
*>f those principles of American liber*y
upon np*K th< constitution of
the s-. \ eral hater v;<*n originally
i'.vjv.leJ; and uai^ ihey are str.vny
vitf.sereed I fear there will be an *0(1
t republican government ... litis
country
V th? clo.-e of the war h?* said:
"We ha i ' wa- satisfied sa?Md pr:r?-iple>
to maintain and r'gbtb t?? !? fi-rn
fvH ) \vh eh wt iven. :n 1 y
hound to do our best} even if we
pe' i; red ir. the eiideaco'u"
When he was criticised for ?t
lighting in the West Virginia campaign
he explained that no substan
a' - re.-,, <ouid be expected. ?r?d
when one of hi- officers urged: "But
your re'putatii : was suffering, the
pre.-- was denouncing you, tour own
statu was losing confidence in yau,
and the arm;, needed u victory to add
to its t nthusiasm/* Lee replied wuh
a smile. "I could not afford to sacr.ficc
the lives of five <>: >:x hundred
of ?ny men to silence public clamor"
"The Only Question"
At the great crisis when the *\v.' ?
t'on ?>f the surrender of the army
was b' ii t: considered, before tlir ouac
t" it Appamatox he reviov . >
the -ituation. n.djig: as bofo.a at
Arlington Fsays:
reached his own com u*
sinr Thai conclusion he himselC ::i
.k 'ime : vpressed in words, hiicf ;r
.1 ?i viii?-:itory with
' iunn-h ''The <ju?*>ih>r, is it to
:it rhe army ' if it is rijzht
Ujcti wilj take ali ?ig ?Cc^-:?n sibili'hi
?>i!.scionsrjt*ss of duty "?.rrdTjtji?tsT
;< rformedi has been the
v. i't hi - ii; , ur?d how apik
ai his iast general order.
lated A??r:! fpjgr.h he should say
to ; fjnthtcB iv.eii Avh'> had followi i
hi.m "Vu . if take with you the
-:tt;sli:c! *{ih: move*-.Is troir. the
o:isciousr . - ??futility faithfully perIn
'hi- >i. v mh <. to . i ut \ ar.?l cafm
hwSw'.'e . ; God lay the .secret of
his life."
Wliei AUxaiuh ? earnestly
with Loo against the
-;j)render of th? at my and counselled
a di-pe.rsi< m ?-i the snlidcrs individual
l\ ? rally .uhs^ueutiy .t> they
might f?.r further r^st%ta$3ic. he rep:
"General you ami i as t.'hrisiiah
nu n have no right to consider
:his w?u:!d affect t) we must
t- otfoi " ,?n the country as
A rcAdjj is ^otaiiKd by
' '..i yea is of war. If i took your advice
he :uer. would bo vwfcout ration
ended vo control They
\v?a b" > unfiled *.?? : ,) and steal
I- : 'Ihw w v i become
>ii''if baud- ol wffi rau-.k :-and the
' Toy's ' :.>ah*y would par.-tie diem
and ui roai > > t :ions. We
. uld bring on a stale of .t.Tairv It
a u?M iak<. the couiitry years to rei
over from.'
"Those words" says M Kim. 'Tevt-idtai
th?. greatness >: the son) of
; Lev and they settled the question dofniu-ly
ar.d finally. Alexander says.
I had not a single word t > say in
He had answered my suggestions
from a plane so far above it.
t hat 1 w as ashamed of having made it*
'Lee, The American."
Afte r the war he counselled that
j a? bitterness be put aside, advising
j old soldiers and others to submit
to authorities and become law-abiding
citizens.'* When a lady cherished
-?me bitterness toward the government,
fee said: 'Madam, don't bring
;p your sons to detest the United
Sta* lovernment. Recollect that we
form one country now. Abandon all
the;-*- loeai aid/nositie^ and make the
sobs Americans."
Referring to these noble words,
Gamaliel Bradford, of Mew England,
...due of "Leo the American" says:
"Abandon all these local animosities
m&kc your sons American | What
finer sentence could be inscribed on
the pedestal of I.ce's statue than this
.lTjeri: uns! All the local animosities
forgotten, can we not ay that he
too, though dying only five years
after the terrible struggle, died a loya..
a confident, a hopeful American,
and one of the very greatest?"
By the side of these w rds of
Bradford of Massachusetts let us put
the word3 of Page of Virginia: *Sor.ie
day, doubtless there will stand in the
nation's capital a great monument to
Lee. erected by not only the southern
people, whose glory it is that he was
th fruit of their civilization, and the
leader of their armies, but the American
people whose pride it will be
that he was their fellow citizen. In
the meantime, he ha3 a nobler monment
that can't be built of marble
or of brass. His monument is the
adoration of the south, his shrine is
THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E VI
| in every southern heart."
! Mr Kim says: "Ifis calm dignity;
; when he mi : Grant at Appomatex !
| to surrender the remnant of his arj
m\ has often been describeii. But
who can tell that wild storm of feel
ing was beating within his soul! 'I
j would rather die a thousand deaths j
he said before Co!. Yenable. And a1
gain, as Dr. Jonas reports. "How easily
1 could get rid of this .and be at
rest! 1 have only to ride along the
j unes unil a'.l v. be u ei . "But/ he
or.tckic added, 'it is ou; dtny to live
j for what will become of the women
i Htui children of thi south if we are
it here to support and protect then'*
"They are offering father everything.
' -aid one of hi> daughit! r'but
the only thing; he will acci pt: a place
to earn honest bread while engaged j
in -. ro<- usetul wo!L"
"Good Name Not for Sale."
"When offered the presidency of j
an insurance company at an enor
mods salary, and was told that :u
duties would Ue required of him, |
nothing was asked hut the use of his;
name, bit an swot ,vas that "his good
nanu1 was about ail he had left from
the wreck of the war and that was
not for sale. ' To another attractive
offer h? made this sublime reply. "I
am grateful but 1 have a self-imposed
task whn-h I must accomplish; I have
led the young nun of the south in
battle; I have seen many of them
die on the fields. I shall devote my
I remaining energies to training young
| men to do their duties in life." And
this he did. accepting the presidency
; of Washington College (now Washing
i ton and Lee.) at a salary that was a
men' pittance.
Thomas Xelr on Page in his admir.
able* vpiutr.e, "Robert K. Lee. Man
and Soldier," pens this eloquent paragraph
:
i "Thus, the first captain of his
j tinu , and almost, if not quite, tii"
: mi . famous map in the world, with
| offers that might well, ir that hour f
I trial. haw allured him with all iiis'
'modesty. t urned hi- back or : ii*.world
and followed the lamp w :< h
duty appear. .1 to light the way. r??.;e
o.iit ly i i iiat little mountain :??w n
in Rockbridge ?bunty to devote the
remainder of his life to fitting thy
sons <?f bis soldiers to meet the ? '
actions of th? i-omnve time. On his
vva? horse he vocb into Lexing
Iivmj ? iiiM i iji uit* euriv
airman. ami after a h:t<h of reverent
; -i\i i :t ? - tirst appearance. w
j given d .m ih?- Te.-t> by his old sol|
.iters with the far famed rebel veil
| whivh he had heard last when he rode
1 i< w11 "he iati. ''rum Appomatox.
Ah' f hK on alone old man. with;
duly at thy bridle bit: behind the. '
- the glory <>f thy military career, he'
thee is the transcendent flame,
of thy future. Thou shalt abide there
henceforth There shall thy ashes repose-;
but thou shalt make of that ;
little town a shrine to which pilgrims
wilt turn with softened eyes so long
as men admire virtue and the heart
.t pit> - to the ideal of duty.**
U H. SMITH,
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them by t V? i: : Or. U?cIts Pir.cT.
r Honov ;r. rime. I; brings ro
; nib; mod ;iisucs in the threat
a J chest ju?r. the aid they aecdDr.
Bell's >';> :< the ciiuvl: with
I thv > iniexr-vdi. tiy t.L:arya-:r ?ioct
.r wuuld ; re-ci'r. c. Fined
\ ith : c veil n td Id rctr.evly? ,
rine-* v ort*v. l:> taste ipic&s.
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:RY THURSDAY?BOONF. N C
SHERIFF'S DEATH ~
RECALLS KILLINGS
Officer in the Sa'd Knobber
Coiintry in Missouri Had
Livelv Career.
frv.rsyfh. Mo. The death of Jatnet
IV'k seven % s-vi-n years
oiu. r sheriff of T.iiiey county, in
n h< :-.il :r. Spr'?n;;fieUU has removed
<?no The real pioneers of the Ozarks.
around whose life 8otn? ??f the most
evfiitn^ ever: is of this hill ?*ountry
vvor" jiSv-i-iaU'i. lie helped blaze a
rail : e'viHxation and had exciting
experience with the Raid Kncbbcra.
the --?.rs of southwest Missouri In
the ipv days.
i life s?o**y of Mollafllr, a pic
tur-.'~ ; ie character. Is .dnsoly Infer
woven v. ith the White riv er country.
M? Ha/Tie was born ,n Christian
cour.;>. near Sparta, in 5S-ttf. when the
line ' 1 At county citiruleij to the
Missouri Arkansas boundary.
In l*'M M< Ilaftie was clv<*T?*d fchorllT
of Taioy ounty. At that time the Bald
Knohl?er> were a |K>wer In the hill
count *\ and were one of the many
problems which were presented to
Sheriff McHaff.e for solution. He had
be??n ? 1 ??i * <vi Ktv'i'. ii<p h 0 w-d c lr n<im n
be f??st on the- draw an*] fearies*. Roth
of these qimlities wort put to sever*
tests before MoHaffif completed his
period of <?tllee.
Adventure With Bald Knobbero,
Shortly before his death he told for
Ihe ;ast time the story of an adventure
v. the Bale) Knob hers The
sheriff suiil tile Knobbers were originally
orguriized for a g<>od purpose, but
Inter levem* dominated by men who
encouraged outlawry.
If ivas during the administration of
Sheriff MrHafTie that Frank and Tu
hior Taylor were taken from the Forsyth
jali and hanged by Bald KnobNets.
Tie Taylors were known
throughout 'he Ozark section for their
escapade-. One night they entered the
store .. John T IMckerson at Forsyth
and shot up the place. Thicker son was
shot through the mouth and his wife
v.-?s ' orif-idv wounded.
The offenders were apprehended
and pht - 1 in the Taney eountj .laiL
That : the Bald Knobbers made
their .] tn-aronoe. Sheriff M.'Haflle
said ?ii.r? were approximately lfiO
men In 1 e l>apd. Scverwi of the Knobbers
'heir weapons at the of!lcer
and ordered him to deliver the
Taylor hoys to them. M Hntiie vy#s
forced t-? comply with lids request,
since the nigh; riders had the drop on
him.
t! c ?t f.. i )au-;m) ?-o>l ?.* ?ko
RuM K Robbers after they left Ft?i*syth 1
and the next day found the bodies of
The Taylor hoys dangling from ? tree.
McH.iJlie said he had often been criticized
tor surrendering the prisoner*,
but stated that any other action would
have been foolhardy.
John Bright Lynching.
The John Bright lynching occurred
at Forsyth in the early 90m after the
Bald Knobbens had disbanded.
Bright was charged with haying
y??>pr'oniii M.' an/l ' '** !* In
the Forsyth jail, under the care of
Sheriff MoHnffie. One night a mob
surrounded the jail SheritV McHaflie
liid out with the keya. The fury of
the mob Increased when ffs members
learned the? McHaffie had gone away
with the keys and then proceeded to
force an entrance into the Juii. Deputy
Sheriff George Williams attempted
to present the mob from breaking into
the Jail and was killed. Bright was
taken out and hanged. Indignation
wept over this section because of the
killing of Deputy Williams.
i.afer ? memorial public library was
established here In honor of Deputy
Williams, but now it is practically
abandoned.
It's Mukuntuweap River Now.
Washington.--The Unit*! States Geographic
hoard, nomenclature experts
and official godfathers to the government's
topographic prizes, announced
its decision upon names for two scenic
features In Zlon park. Utah. The
tribe.tary to the Virgin river, flowing
south through the park, heo ones the
Mnkunluwenp and the crevasse
through which it flows will he known
as Zion canyon.
Japan to Get U. S. Motor Trucks
Tokyo.?The Japanese government
railway has placed orders with American
manufacturers for 150 motor
trucks at an aggregate c.?sf ??f about
$530,000 The trucks will be used in
connection with the rebuilding of government
"vllroad lines destroyed in
the recent earthquake and flood.
ITED
ir Cream. Farmers it
your butter fat. We
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r twice a week begin
1ERY COMPANY
ry. N. C.
BRIDE DECEIVED,
QUITS HUSBAND
Deserts Spouse When She Finds
He Is Ironworker Instead
of Manufacturer.
New Y rfc. After ten day* *?f married
life, vIm.'Ii he^an with a rtia
away weddiBK with a matt she "had
never cuxtsideiv;! as a possible husband."
Mrs. William McKJuley Weller,
formerly Miss ^ epnotie Tiehy, eightem
yewr? old, returned to her parent*
home at 1888 Woodhaveu aveaue,
Woodliftven. yueena. She war
accutuptioh J b> oer mother and her
aleier, Misp Kwtba Ticlij. *?ud cime
froou Clfcrvelp.ud. ?he bed aumroar'Jy
departed during her husband's absence
from tile bote!.
"I *oon learned that he war not an
iron manufacturer out au Ironworker,
and out employment, at that," she
declared. "2 don't know where he la
now, hot l will m??D find out and iroe
for dtoftnluUon of the marriage.
Weilcr's oothefb*. tearful dednra
linos ?>efore the marriage that he wm
nilsundtTMooJ and lonceom? and that
' he loved her deeply arouaed her sym!
path lee. Mrs. Weller suld, and. wlthI
out waking any preparation* she went
| with him on the t\rat available train
| to Buffalo.
8*9??d Her to Elope.
Mr*. Wei lei. alio was a stenographer
1 la Manhattan v. a* walking along
' Broadway nesr hor downtown office,
she related, wbea she encountered
WeUer that day.
"I'd seen him wesstoofiUy when b?
used to lire here in WoodliSTen." sb?
aid, "but never during the flv? years
I knew hlni did I consider hltn hb ?
possible husband lie asked u>e t>s
uihe a tux'cab ride with biiu. and I
consented. In the iuachlne ho broke
down and crfed, declaring that no one
understood him, thai his life was un
bearably lonesome and that aly I
could help Mui. Protesting hie lov?.
he urged me to elope with bin immediately.
"What be told ma torch*d me. and
1 consented to go with him I had
little money and, without even stopping
to go bom- KinI puck a grip, we
went to 'he (iran Central k atior*
where he bought .cfcels for Buffalo.
Wi took the first tram we could "et,
hut arrived in Buffalo so late tiiut
night that we ?ver* unable to secure
h marriage license We oitgugod separate
rooms at k hotoi, and the cere- ,
Uiouy was performed the lieu momitig j
by a justice of rto peace."
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JANUARY 24, 1924.
Dream Is Shatterod.
The days following. Mrs. Waller
aid, were at Niagara Falls.
Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
"Before the end of the second day
I began to regret what I had done."
--;.l tl*? rpfiisprf tr? dive m??
money for really necessary clothes, I
nrcl T soon learned that lie was not an
L~on manufacturer, but an Ironworker ;
nut of employment. I decided right j
then and there that this wok no life j
fo r M?e, so soon after we reached CI eve- J
land I t^egraplied mother to come 1
and take me home. The next day my i
utotlier and vister urrWed. Will wani
out for a walk, and we lefi the hotel t
before he returned. I have ueithet
Been nor hcurd from him since. Where,
be lived also is unknown t<? inc. We |
didn't leave any message for fclia at
the hotel, either."
K? iaww?nMPaiwwjfia.J
THE HAND OF AN ACTOR
YN THE first place. to recognise
* whether a person. n:?!e or f enable.
Is or will be successful on the ??go
In playing dramatic or tragic parts,1
note whether the fingers are long and
crooked. That U a good sign. Loag
finger* denote careful attention to
tails, aod If the hand is vide and upaat,
with the liuger* widely sepuratodL
freedom of thought and Independent
action are indicated.
The moant of Venus (ball of tb?
thumb) should be well crlasnTOPsed or
grilled, to denote inspiration and a*-,
sunaed passion. Next note whether
the second phalanx of the thumb is
long, to show Intellectual power. The
mount of Luna should ho unusually
long, reaching weli up on the outside
of the palm toward 'h* line of t&? I
heart to show great imagination and!
eloquence, so essential to the actor of]
dramatic or tragic parts. Courage]
els-* is shown by a strong mouut. otf
Luna.
'(fj by V\'h*al?r Kyridlrat*. Ine.fr
j
Or?p y n r h *9 U?ChlT* > a A ica I*. J
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erial Now"
ADVANCING
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